Cigarette-box



No. 62l,792. Patented Mar. 28, I899.

D. J. CAMPBELL.

CIGARETTE BOX.

(Application filed July 6, 1898.)

( No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL J. CAMPBELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEIV JERSEY.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,792, dated March 28, 1899.

Application filed July 6, 1898. Serial No. 685,229. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residingatNew York, county of New York, and State of New .York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Boxes, fully de scribed and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. V

This invention relates to cigarette-boxes of that class havinga hinged cover. With boxes of this kind as heretofore commonly made more or less difficulty is experienced in taking the cigarettes from the box for use, and especially is this so in the case of boxesfor holding a small number of cigarettes, as ten packed in two layers of five each, that being the way in which cigarettes are very commonly packed for retail sale. been made to overcome this difficulty but the devices heretofore employed have been inconvenient, costly, or otherwise objectionable.

The object of the present invention is to provide a box of this class from which the cigarettes maybe readily removed and which shall be at the same time of simple and cheap construction;

In the accompanying drawings is shown a box for holding ten cigarettes arranged in two layers of five cigarettes each constructed in accordance with the invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box opened. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2 of Fig. 1, showing the parts in position when the box is closed.

Referring to the drawings, A- is the body of the box, having the bottom a and sides a, a a and a and B is the cover, hinged to the rear side a of the body portion of the box. One of the sides of the box adjacent to the side a, to which the cover is hinged--as the side a-has its ends free from the adjacent sides a and a and is hinged to the bottom a of the box, so as to swing outward and downward, as shown in Fig. 1 and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.2. The cover B is formed with a downwardly-extending fiangeb,which extends outside the side a and preferably Efiorts have with the side 0. serves to lockthe side a of the box inits upright or closed position when the box is closed, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. It will be noticed that the line on which the side a of the box is hinged and the line on which the cover 13 is hinged to the box= body extend at right angles to each other.

When a cigarette is to be taken from the box, the cover having been opened, the hinged side a is swung outward and-the ends of the cigarettes, which are preferably packed endwise to the hinged side a, exposed, so as to be readily engaged by the finger.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide a box which, while of simple and cheap construction, is very convenient to use,avoiding all difficulty in taking the cigarettes out of boxes of this kind, and this without intros ducing any objectionable features.

What I claim is- 1. A cigarette-box having one side of the body portion of the box hinged at the bottom of the box to swing outward and downward, and having a hinged cover hinged on a line extending at right angles to the hinge-line of the hinged side and having a flange extending outside the hinged side when the box is closed to lock the hinged side in position.

2. A cigarette-box having one side of the body portion of the box hinged at the bottom of the box to swing outward and downward and of such length transversely to said hinged side as to receive the cigarettes packed endwise to said hinged side, and having a hinged cover hinged on aline extending at right angles to the hinge-line of the hinged side and having a flange extending outside the hinged side when the box is closed to lock the hinged side in position.

In testimony whereof -I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses:

DANIEL J. CAMPBELL. Witnesses:

JAMES MCFADDEN, HENRY K. RAMSEY. 

